Bourbon Spice Color

#e6be8a

Bourbon Spice is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #194175
Complementary Color #8ab2e5
Color Shade: orange (33.91° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 72.16% (better contrasting with white)
Bourbon Spice Color Sample
Bourbon Spice Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e6be8a

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Bourbon Spice Color. The Cinnamon Milk color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Chamois (#eddcb1) for more calm effect. Try Windswept Canyon as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8ab2e5 is the best complementary color to Bourbon Spice. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e6be8a complementary color is Cornflower, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Gold Sand are #e5908a and #dfe58a. Thus found on the left and right of #e6be8a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tonys Pink and Putty colors as they work well with Bourbon Spice.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bourbon Spice palette consists of #908ae5 and #8adfe5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8ab2e5). Try Dull Lavender and Riptide colors in combination with #e6be8a, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #e6be8a offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Bourbon Spice. Thus Lavender and Riptide giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bourbon Spice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower, Granny Smith Apple, and Light Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #e6be8a square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Bourbon Spice tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#8ab2e5) and two others. The Riptide is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Carissma – 120° from the complementary Cornflower. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8ae5be and #e58ab2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e6be8a is made of 41% red, 34% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Bourbon Spice has a hue angle of 33.91°, a saturation of 64.79% and a lightness of 72.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e6be8a is made of 0% cyan, 15.69% magenta, 36.08% yellow and 9.8% black ink.

HEX #e6be8a
RGB Decimal rgb(230,190,138)
RGB Percentage 41%, 34%, 25%
CMYK 0, 15.69, 36.08, 9.8
HSL hsl(33.91,64.79%,72.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(33.91,40%,90.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.3197,7.3904,31.6192)
XYZ xyz(55.634,55.4849,31.8222)
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